the guardian front page reporting that mrs merkel has come under fire in germany from right wing factionsho say her refugee policy "imported terrorism into the country". more on that in the paper review at 11:30. coming up in the next half hour. the body of the russian ambassador to turkey has arrived home in moscow. andrey karlov was gunned down

someone welcomed as a refugee, is crucial for mrs merkel and her vision of a free open germany. yesterday's attack in berlin, authorities throughout europe — including britain — have been revisiting their security arrangements for the festive season. here, there's been no specific intelligence of any plot, and the threat level remains unchanged at severe, which means a terror attack is highly likely. here's our security correspondent, frank gardner. christmas markets, festive cheer and heightened security. britain was already on alert for terrorism before last night's attack in berlin. now, security measures have been reviewed around public markets. in birmingham, both uniformed and plain clothes police were already deployed. the public in this market seem undeterred. i don't think we can allow it to happen, to intimidate us or affect our way of life and what we do. especially at christmas time. i think things happen. if you dwell on it too much and sit back and don't do anything, you'd just become a social hermit. in london, the extremely high number of cctv cameras acts as som

today, a right wing party said they held mrs merkel "personally responsible".eld in germany next year. our europe correspondent damian grammaticas looks at the political reaction to the berlin attack. this evening a time of mourning, instead of advent celebrations. just yards from where the so—called islamic state claim it is killed a dozen berliners, germans of all faiths gathered for this memorial. translation: we stand here together to send a strong signal that hate and terror will not drive us apart. our unity is stronger than hate. angela merkel said she had no simple answers why a murderer brought death to a christmas market. nearby the city's main shopping street is cordoned off. the attack was a blow to the very heart of germany, that's why it is felt so deeply here. searching for clues about their suspect, this is where police raided at 3.00am, berlin's biggest asylum centre, the old airport. ahmed shared a room with a man, he was woken and questioned for two hours. i am very angry, angry about what's happened yesterday. and i am very angry today about

numbers have gone down and logistically it does seem to be that germany was coach, but obviously mrs merkel also backfire for her critics, because one of the leaders of afd party tweeted some think blaming angela merkel for these deaths and that has backfired in a major way because that politician is being accused of trying to capitalise on this tragedy. what we are now seeing is political figures really trying to wait and see and find out more from the investigations, because so much is so unclear and until we know exactly who perpetrated this dreadful attack, it's very important that we don't indulge in any conjecture. thank you. boris johnson conjecture. thank you. borisjohnson has expressed his sympathy for the victims of the recent attacks.|j wa nt victims of the recent attacks.|j want to say a word about the appalling events in berlin and ankara. first of all, in germany, we warned the loss of a dozen germans, and many others injured. our thoughts are there. the families of those who have been injured or lost their lives in that appalling attack on the christmas market in berlin. and

they blame mrs. merkel for what happened. laying into germans flowers at the scene of the attack. very few have taken that viewpoint. there making the point that amongst the huge number of people that enter the country seeking asylum, it is possible that there might be one or two who wish to do other people harm . that seems to be the overwhelming view. it is worth pointing out that while there was a backlash against the refugee policy, avertheless she remains popular leader. there are concerns if she can keep the country safe, but in the words of one woman i spoke to "if you want to live in a free country, you have to accept from time to time something bad like this might have been." laura: for more on the manhunt the director of the international security and defense policy center at the rand corporation. i asked what he made of anis amri being under surveillance and ending up as the suspect in this incident. a lot ofrmans have explaining to do, german security agencies. the u.s. had enough information to put him on the no-fly list. he has been on surveillance for looking at imp

even if mrs. merkel would say to me, this is the only way we can change our country. would say, if that is the only way, then we won't change it, rather than go that way. it's not democratic. i think the italians voted wisely, actually. brian: if they voted so wisely -- sorry, i need to jump in with ewald here, you were saying you agree with alan, it was kind of a technical problem, and renzi should not have linked it to his personality. still, he misread the public. why? how did he misread the public he represents? ewald: well, maybe he misunderstood the fears of some people, if there is a popular stick head of governmenent, then it should be better if the senate has more power, and has more influence. it could be dangerous in the future. brian: federica, what do you think? federica: i think he made a mistake. when he realized he would not have the support, it was too late. i think that it was a huge mistake to link the faith of a reform that i think would have changed our system for the better. there is a problem with our system at the moment. it is so complex. this

the guardian front page reporting that mrs merkel has come under fire in germany from right wing factions 11:30. coming up in the next half hour.

in her new year message, mrs merkel referred to the deadly truck attack carried out in berlin by a tunisianshe said it was sickening when acts of terror were carried out by people who had sought protection in germany. mediators trying to resolve the political crisis in the democratic republic of congo say the government and opposition have agreed the main points of a deal. they've decided that presidentjoseph kabila can remain in office for another year but elections must be organised within 12 months. china has announced that it'll ban the trade in ivory by the end of next year. environmental groups have welcomed the decision as "historic" and say it represents a significant boost to international efforts to tackle the elephant poaching crisis in africa. it's thought up to 70% of the world's ivory ends up in china. the un security council will vote later on a russian resolution endorsing the ceasefire agreement in syria. the draft text calls for rapid delivery of humanitarian aid and expresses support for a political process to end the conflict. while the ceasefire appears to be holding in

not willing to accept people, then this must be sold from a political level and i understand that mrs merkel in for morejudicial government is going to put in for more judicial procedures and at the same time they are in dealings with the foreign governments to accept the foreign governments to accept the citizens to be deported. thank you so much for talking to us. the former director of europol. i want to take you live to berlin, because the brandenburg gate, there isa because the brandenburg gate, there is a concert right now underway, as this city tries to come to terms with what happened, on monday. and the deaths of 12 people, and a concert ready to underline the fact that people there want to show that life does continue and that they won't be forced to stay away from public areas because of this terror attack, they will come out into the open and that life goes on. that is a tribute concert taking place to those who lost their lives and were injured in that terrorist attack on monday. when the lorry smashed into all of those people in the christmas market in berlin. just to say there

in her new year message, mrs merkel referred to the deadly truck attack in berlin earlier this monthan mcguiness joins us from berlin. tell us a little more about what she said. she referred to the three attacks we have seen this year, saying that what was particularly propulsive for her was they were committed by people who were pretending to be refugees. what is interesting is that she stood by her migration policy because she said it was right and proper that germany had helped people who legitimately needed help, people fleeing from syria because she said when you look at pictures of the bombings in aleppo, it is impossible not to want to help. she stood by the fact that germany would take in legitimate refugees. that is a wider debate here because the attack we saw in berlin just before christmas was carried out by a failed asylum seeker, someone who should have been deported and wasn't and that is the debate in germany, about what to do with those people whose application for asylum has been rejected and told to get them out of germany for the sake of the security of the countr

today, a right—wing party said they held mrs merkel personally responsible.ons in germany due next year, our europe correspondent damian grammaticas looks at the political reaction to the berlin attack. this evening a time of mourning, instead of advent celebrations. just yards from where the so—called islamic state claim it is killed a dozen berliners, germans of all faiths gathered for this memorial. translation: we stand here together to send a strong signal that hate and terror will not drive us apart. our unity is stronger than hate. angela merkel said she had no simple a nswe rs angela merkel said she had no simple a nswers why angela merkel said she had no simple answers why a murderer brought death toa answers why a murderer brought death to a christmas market. nearby the city's main shopping street is cordoned off. the attack was a blow to the very heart of germany, that's why it is felt so deeply here. searching for clues about their suspect, this is where police raided at 3.00am, berlin's biggest asylum centre, the old airport. ahmed shared a room

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mrs. merkel is one of the most astute politicians in europe today. she is faced with a real problem. as are most european governments. the question is, what is in the best interest of european security. intelligence cooperation, trying to integrate rather than ostracize their own muslim communities, trying to enlist and mobilize them in the fight against these jihadi -- this terrorist intenterprise. i think this is a problem that the europeans are uniquely faced with, in large part because their muslim communities are not as well integrated as in ours. first and foremost, i care about what we're going to do. i'm hoping that when the transition comes january 19 to january 20, that we have the same kind of foresight and vision and smarts and prudence that's required to deal with this problem. >> aaron david miller, appreciate the perspective on these breaking events. thank you very much. >> thank you, chris. >> alisyn? >>> first lady michelle obama looking back at her eight years in the white house. what is she doing now to help the trumps? that's next

. >> if mrs. merkel were so interested in helping the distressed why doesn't shy help the u.s.a.n or in iraq or in syria? the generals loathe to do anything. loathe. they won't help. they have the most powerful country on the continent. i'm thought sure i'm buying that, you know she is so concerned about suffering people. i haven't seen it? >> i think she is. germans, look, we fought the germans twice. i'm not so worried about passivist germans to tell you the truth. they have helped us in places like afghanistan. >> they don't pull triggers. >> right. they don't pull triggers. >> not even to save lives. not even to protect women and children. >> that's true. >> so, come on. >> bill, i'm just trying to explain to you who she is. i mean, you see the pastor's daughter and her fiscal tightness with greece. i'm trying to help people understand why she did what she did. >> i'm going to tell you flat out i think she is a terrible leader. i think she has destroyed her own country. i don't think she is a friend to the u.s.a. in any way, shape, or form and i hope she loses and is never he

so, whether it's the euro, whether it's mrs. merkel inviting unlimited numbers of migrants and expecting other european states to share the numbers, this is about taking back control. brexit was a vote for us to say, yeah, we can be friendly with europe. we can trade with europe, but we want to govern our own country, and i have to say that i think the momentum of this is now pretty much unstoppable. >> is the special relationships that the united states enjoys with the uk in jeopardy as you well know you paid a call, you were the first foreign leader to pay a call on president-elect trump, he then sent out a tweet which i want to put up on the screen and remind everybody, he thought you would be a great pick to be the british ambassador to the united states, theresa may, your prime minister, meanwhile, was awe parentally call number ten. what role can you play to positively influence the relationship between the united states and the united kingdom? >> well, i do think the special relationship is very important. it was significantly d

>> let's be honest, as far as most of the european union is concerned it is because mrs. merkel many of you as want to come can come, by the way, we're not going to vet a single one of you or see whether any of you really qualify as refugees. some did, but an awful lot didn't. that's led to huge increasing tensions. remember this, of the eight people that committed the atrocities in paris exactly a year ago, five 'em them got into france crossing the mediterranean on those boats. if that wasn't warning enough, i don't know what was. also on sunday this week, the austrians are rerunning their presidential election. the president in austria being the head of state, not with much executive power but still very important. i would put my money on the freedom party's mr. hoffer winning that election. it will seen to be the first time a far right party has taken the presidency or the prime ministership of the european union country, and he will be calling for austria to have a referendum on their membership of the european union. >> wow. the biggest challenge i think that president-ele

in a televised address, mrs merkel said it would be "particularly sickening" if the attacker was —— particularlyficult to bear —— particularly difficult to hear if the attacker was proved to be a refugee. investigators say the truck was deliberately steered into the market where it crashed through wooden huts filled with christmas shoppers i saw people on the ground, bodies on top of each other. a man thought to be the lorry driver is being questioned. in the other main news, moscow sent investigators to turkey after days of duty policeman assassinated the russian ambassador. he had been seen in the background as ambassador ka rlov in the background as ambassador karlov addressed a meeting in ankara, and shouted about syria as he fired. in moscow, gps are paid. —— tributes paid. good morning. german police say a lorry that smashed into a christmas market in berlin, killing 12 people, was deliberately steered into the crowds. another 48 people were injured. a suspect, reported to be a 23—year—old pakistani man who arrived in the last year, is being interrogated. the german chancellor angela merke

in a televised address, mrs merkel said it would be "particularly sickening" if the attacker was —— particularlyen huts filled with christmas shoppers i saw people on the ground, bodies on top of each other. a man thought to be the lorry driver is being questioned.

in her new year message, mrs merkel referred to the deadly truck attack in berlin earlier this monther. damian mcguiness joins us from berlin. we know that security has been stepped up there. what is the atmosphere like that? everyone is preparing to party because the whole country is determined not to feel cowed by the recent terror attacks in germany. that doesn't mean police are taking it lightly. there is unprecedented levels of security and surveillance around the brandenburg gate here where the main party is expected. about 1 gate here where the main party is expected. about1 million people are expected. about1 million people are expected to come to a two kilometre stretch around the brandenburg gate. that would stretch is fenced off. there are concrete barriers up and, unusually for germany, cctv cameras. that is to prevent a repeat of the attack we saw before christmas when attack we saw before christmas when a truck ran into a christmas market, killing 12 people. also in cologne, we have got other levels of unprecedented security. that is to avoid a repeat of the incident la

mrs. merkel's support has been to every single new crisis situation she has faced.things to be different this time. she will be measured. she will call for national unity. she will call for beefing up security measures. but i think, given her position in the german political landscape, where there is simply other politician who is in any position to be chancellorto -- i think she can afford not to be drastic, and to actually have thoughtful measures, a sensible response, rather than the knee-jerk reaction. because no matter that this will trend, absolutely -- the vast majority of german votes will be cast for the mainstream parties, for the cdu, the spd, and the greens. in a worst-case scenario, you will have maybe a four-way coalition. we are never going to come to that. it will almost certainly be a grand coalition again. matt: sony, you talk about drastic reactions. i was at the cdu gathering in essen a couple of weeks ago, when angela merkel called for a ban of the full-face veil. no longer allowing muslim women to wear this fullface veil. analmost seemed like i

i don't see a mood in germany today to accuse mrs merkel of being responsible for this.ions we need to ask. in france, you have military on this street, this would not have been as unprotected. in france, the reaction to an attack would have been to strike at islamic militarily. the very low— key strike at islamic militarily. the very low—key response firstly, and the fact that this was not protected enough. i was in cologne two weeks ago, there are many christmas markets, i had an eerie feeling, where if the police? who is taking ca re of where if the police? who is taking care of this? these are the questions that need to be asked, not about refugees or angela merkel, questions about funding and the way our intelligence and to the apparatus works. asking many of the questions that so many are asking. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather, from a well—known prehistoric monument. it is the winter solstice. yes, there are thousands of people here, dressed up for the occasion, from lots of different walks of life. the sunrise has already happened, but the wint

mr. tsipras. angela merkel will probably defer the issue to the euro group of finance ministers.d the discussions on this issue will be critical but she will not negotiate. dodge aas manages to bullet, it will restore a sense of normalcy to the greek story. in the sense that things are moving, slowly, but at least they are moving forward. if we get stuck again, we may see a new season of greek drama premiering soon. guy: our former athens euro brussels euroour chief. still with us, michael from blackrock international. next, we need to figure out where we will be spending our time. standing on a rooftop in athens as we watch what is going on in greece where will it be in italy? where is the flashpoint in europe? >> you need to be pretty diversified when you talk about thehpoints since we have french elections and the german elections and we have italy. while the french and german elections are huge events, i the majorityk that outcome is relatively market friendly. in germany, there is still a high probability that angela merkel will lead the next government, although it may be a

mr. pretzel who says these are angela merkel's debts.hat is completely wrong, especially considering what just happened. a crisis meeting, top government officials and heads of the security agency and police -- the ruling party want to tighten asylum legislation. >> as the cdu-csu, we will heighten pressure following the christmas break. we will introduce vital new information as quickly as possible. >> it is not appropriate to tie political demands given the information we have available right now. we do not know in detail what happened. >> in this respect, i don't want to speculate on what implications this might have. should the tunisian proved to be the assailant. reporter: one new security measure that has been agreed to is margaret -- video surveillance and cameras for police officers. >> this is a vigil, but it is nothing more than a demonstration against the german chancellor, calling for her to step down. they were fast to start the debate about the political fallout from this terrible terrorist attack in germany, but it is not

one world leader left from that photo, talking about germany's chancellor, angela merkel. and mr.. lots of turmoil and excitement going on in europe now. what's your reaction, first, to this stunning defeat for matteo renzi, the prime minister 6 italy? just in washington a few weeks ago. president obama hosted a state dinner in his honor. the final state dinner. clearly trying to help him. didn't work. >> of course, wolf. i cannot speak for italy, but seems to me, yes, he suffered a defeat on a reform issue. but i wouldn't overdramatize this. italy is a resilient democracy, even if times prime minister had changed. it will not spill over into other countries in europe. >> and what about germany? angela merkel is up for re-election, fourth term, if you will? how much has the dramatic changes in britain in italy, elsewhere in europe, impacted germany? >> well, there will be elections next year. there are ten months to go. that's an eternity in politics. chancellor merkel still enjoy as high pop lamularity of 54%. she's in a strong position, but we also have a populist party from the

mr. nice guy. with immigration and merkel, politics have to be weeded out and the policies and law enforcement routinesd to reflect a modern threat. that needs to be upgraded. >> a new reality. >> yeah, it's a whole new framing of just the way it's looked at. >> on the other hand, does it sit easily with you it is this guy's identification papers that were found the truck. it all seems too easy in some respects. could they have been planted there which is the theory? >> i this i this guy had help and part of a network. i think it is more sophisticated than anyone wants to talk about publicly. i think there are closed forum and groups where these guys get information on how to lease trucks, get these vehicles and do the logistical part of carrying out an act of terror which is low tech and easy to do. the trick is to keep from raising red flags just before you commit the act of terror. the stuff is doable. this system needs to be addressed. all of europe needs to come together and start to look at this picture in the macro sense of the fight here. >> listen to what is happening in germany right now. app

we know what angela merkel said about the departure of mr. renzi. she was quite disappointed with the outcome of the referendum and the fact that mr. renzi decided to go. and it has increased elements of political risk for investors as far as italy is concerned. so, does the commission want to see the back of mr. sipras given the fact he's organized down? >> but at what cost. we both know that some would toe the line but or be more akin to toe the line but to think we are talking not only about french election, the german election in 2017, but now with possibly -- i say there's an outside chance, italian and greek elections, it becomes more of a headache for the powers that be in brussels. >> let's move on to some corporate stories. shares of actelion after bloomberg reported that sanofi is in talks to buy the company for $275 per share. that would value actelion at $29.6 billion. >> what day is it? must be strike day. lufthansa, this could be good. lufthansa agreed to mediate talks with the german pilots union after several weeks of strikes over a

merkel. we saw in the last hour, with mr. kyle whitaker, pointing a finger saying we couldn't get tougher on this. >> this infighting is going to produce winners and losers. it's highly unlikely that the coalition looks the same. and right now, the parties are working essentially by themselves. preparing for this. and the cracks are there in the coalition. merkel's future is uncertain. it will be interesting when polls start to come out. and see how she can rebuild the party in the five or six months that will precede the election sometime late next summer. >> we'll talk to you later. it will be interesting to watch the polls how they develop and how much infighting could there be within the grand coalition. and who will benefit? will it be the populist parties? >>> dozens of people were hurt during the truck rampage. max foster spoke with a doctor that led the emergency response at one hospital in berlin. >> there was blood all over the scene. >> reporter: is that what they're describing? it felt like a war zone? >> that's h

mr. ryan: enjoy this warmer weather. [applause] >> german chancellor angela merkel delivered a statement today on the investigation into the berlin christmas market attack. she voiced hope the prime suspect in the truck attack would be caught quickly. >> the chancellor has been involved in this information session. she has been informed about the , andh for the suspect about the overall situation in the context of the attack. we can tell you today that additional information has come in to suggest it is highly likely that this suspect was .ndeed the perpetrator in the truck, we have found fingerprints and there is other evidence that corroborates the suspect. this is why it is furthermore important that we are successful as possible in our manhunt. we are convinced now that the authorities have been working nationally and internationally with the highest level of professionalism to do everything within our power's to capture the suspect or suspects as quickly as possible, and we hope that we will be successful seen. later, we'll talk about the consequences of this. not now, but at the moment, we are focusing on the manhunt

merkel last night. >>> a spokesperson for the trump transition says the president-elect is in regular contact with his national security team about the terror attack in berlin. mr. trump issued a statement saying quote, psi sis and other islamic terrorists slaughter christians as part of their global jihad. these terrorists and their regional and worldwide networks must be eradicated from the face of the earth. the president-elect also commented on the murder of russia's ambassador to turkey calling it a violation of rules of civilized order. >>> the body of russian ambassador to turkey has ard andrey karlov was shot and killed by an offduty police officer. the suspect was caught on video ranting about russia's support of the syrian government. he was later killed by police. both russia and turkey claimed the assassination was an attempt to disrupt their relationship. >>> a bomb went off during a christmas tree lighting ceremony in western aleppo today. no one was injured and that celebration resumed soon after the explosion. hundreds gathered in the town square where huge posters of syrian president have been placed. >>> syrian rebels say as few as 3000 people

merkel? if she was under siege politically, what would that do to europe? mr.kionakis: i would certainly be an issue for europe and the fx market in general. however, the best case scenario is this is not going to happen. we are not going to go down this road. the problem right now is at least for the uncertainty about politics in the eurozone, we have some priors. we know where things are moving, we know there's an increase in populism, we know that these outside threats from terrorists. the issues i'm having with the u.s. and the uk's that we have no prior. we don't really know where things are going to pan out. that's why i'm saying politics in the u.s. and the u.k. our own bigger concern compared to the eurozone. let's get to the driver's seat in the g 10 space, is the dollar, the dollar index back to a 14 year high. there is just this monster consensus going into next year that the dollar stays big, it's going to be strong, strong, strong. do you take the other side of the trade on the margin? mr. gkionakis: i am taking the other side of the trade, althoug

merkel is just talking to journalists. translation: my italian colleague, the prime minister, informed me this morning about a police operation. during the night, the person search for, mr amri was killed after he had opened fire on a police patrol. i thanked the italian prime minister and i am reiterating my gratitude to the italian security forces, the italian police and the authorities for the very close cooperation. i particularly wish to the italian police officer a speedy and complete recovery. at this point, i also thank all international partners with whom our security forces have been working across borders and have continued to work together excellently. terrorism isa work together excellently. terrorism is a challenge for all of us, and it is a challenge for all of us, and it is good to know how well we work together in europe and across europe and outside europe. everything points towards mr amri being the one who, on monday night, having killed 12 people on the christmas market in berlin and inflicted terrible injuries to many other people. the sympathy and mourning for everyone involved, dead as well as injured ones, goes far beyond germany. we feel the so

mr. bradshaw's comments he is blaming the putin government for the massive refugee flows in to europe. my understanding was angela merkelrmany kind of opened the door. >> she did. >> that's a key fact. >> she did. what chancellor merkel said july 15 was as many people as come we can cope with them. and, of course, what it meant is that 80% of the people who came would never have qualified for refugee status under any formula. they were mostly young males, in their late 20's. using this opportunity to come from all over the world at what we know is not a single one of them had been vetted in any way to see whether they were linked to isis or not. literally what merkel did was to import terrorism into the european continent. >> it's a total disaster that will transform europe forever and the elites in europe are blaming not themselves but russia. not surprising. has he the next stage of this? so in the u.s. and in europe, the people in charge have been repudiated but refuse to learn a lesson from it. what happens next? >> i have a big warning here because i was in the european parliament yesterday morning debating with th

was a runner up and was quite disappointed that angela merkel the chancellor of germany was the person of the year that year. >> well, as i say, mr. trump reacted to "time" magazine calling him president of the divided states of america. let's watch him react here. >> well, i think putting divided is starky, but again, it's divided. i'm not president yet, so i didn't to anythido anything to . and i've thousanow gotten to kn president obama and i really like him. >> so was it your intention to say that he divided or exploited the divisions? sgri >> i think it's all of the before. it was as ugly and divisive and for many as scary an election as we've seen in at least a generation. and there is significant concern. his approval rating has come up since the election, but it remains much lower than other president-elects in recent history at this point in the contest, the sort of rhetoric we saw, the violence at rallies. this was a different kind of election than elections in the past. but it's also true that when he started his campaign, this was p an incredibly polarized and angry country. so it's not all of his making either. >> di

donald trump could help the turks with in relations, for instance, with angela merkel and some of the other european leaders. >> mrar turkey spoken about carefully in conversations, and he is described as an important ally and the concern about the decline of american influence in the region. can you explain why the relationship with turkey was already very difficult? >> well, it has been difficult for a number of reasons, mika. one is that the turks wanted the united states in 2012, '13, '14, to be active in syria and back some of the leading sunni groups against ashawn, and he has arrested 65 to 70,000 people in all walks of life since the attempted coup, and the obama administration has been critical of that and both factors have pointed to the lowest point with the united states and turkey in sometime. >> it's a huge sprawling country, and covered three borders, iran, iraq, syria, and for a period of time in those years you just mentioned, aired juan turned a blind eye, and he has cracked down on his army once in the wake of the attempt attempted coupe, and talk about his own internal problems and how that mig

mrs. bloomberg. scarlet: for more on what is happening in berlin and have the latest terror attack could derail angela merkel'sn campaign is n shifts. following the attack and the noise on her policy toward immigration and how it contributed, it seems like she is more vulnerable than she has been. the far right party gets the headlines, but there are tax coming from the left -- there are attacks coming from the left . you think she will have to shift and she defends herself? vulnerableuch more than she has been and it as -- has been going on since last summer. i think it is likely she will win the election, because the left, even though they are attacking her right now, when she announced the migration policy, they wanted to go further. and on the right, the anti-immigration populist right-wing party, while they were waiting in the buddhist outcome of their party toxic to be a mainstream party. no other parties will work with them. it is interesting to see the criticism within her own party, her barbarian sister party as well, that seems evident that they are vocal. and since last summer, she has been pushing

merkel has taken them in and president obama's to take more in to this day. is he still opening up thed thed mrtes. isn't this a correct result of the vacuum of power in this president has created in syria by not doing anything about it? have you people coming in willy-nilly you couldn't check them? first of all, a lot of the security points. >> it doesn't look very tight. governor. attacked seven times this year. the problem, jesse, the problem has been assad in syria, he has cause caused this humanitarian crisis of millions coming in into europe. germany allowed a million in. what are you going to do with refugees? they are dying he are pleaing from political persecution. >> you have got to listen we want to be humanitarian, we want to keep people safe. but not at the expense of our own citizens. governor, i have got to run. thank you very much. i really appreciate it? >> all right. >> next on the rundown, the left continues to be in full freakout mode over president-elect trump. are there three at tricks just hurting their own cause? we have a debate coming back. why are you checking your cr

merkel jokes. >> this guy is powerful. you may be doing -- you've got to do mr..to break the news. take the cannoli. neil: you should always take the cannoli. you have great name recognition. they all know you, and new jersey particularly. is that tempting? >> cap, it is. or being on the radio for three years, aside from the rally, i give you a lot of credit because folks on your show, it's a learning curve for me. it's been years i've been doing it. i got to see rudy giuliani. neil: what you think of what's happening? >> excuse me. just listen to my show wheyou know these things. because he's so smart and is so close to donald trump. you want the brilliant mind. i kind of sense to allow happening. he's a very busy man. i'm sure he could've done anything. but i like him close to donald. neil: if not moral quality. you may be ) politically. are you going to forget all your friends? the pressure i got -- neil says you've got to do his show. neil: what would make you even entertain public service? as you know, -- >> it's mind numbingly exhausting. i have immense resp

mr. renzi. a lot of those people have now disappeared. thereforward, for merkels back and forth with germany and italy i have to deal with the banking system. are we going to see a softer stance from germany, or with the election on the horizon, will make them do something they would want to do? >> i think with germany, the way to look at germany and all of this -- you are right. by the end of next year, most of the european members of the g7 will be gone. but the way to look at merkel is that she is the bedrock, the strain of continuity that we are seeing. merkel was the backstop of the euro into the last crisis. and of everything we know right now, she is the one who is still firmly believing in the system. we know from our track record that she will do almost anything, eventually, to shore up that system. with merkel, when it comes to the banks, when it comes to the euro, she will need all the power she has to twist arms -- whether it is in rome or anywhere else -- to shore up confidence, not only in the euro but in the banking system. david: bungalow merkel h

mr. francesco papadia. unlikely alliance, the greek prime minister alexis tsipras and germany's angela merkel.nited front on brexit beginning to crumble? this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ francine: "bloomberg surveillance." i am francine lacqua in london. let's get to the bloomberg business flash with sebastian salek. sebastian: alliance regulators are uncertain about getting approval. spokespeople for alliancz and generali declined to comment. this biggest verdict in u.s. as any, gilead opportunity to appeal against merck. similaraker is making -- gm is making similar tests in detroit. >> going forward, metro detroit is one of the primary areas that gm will be doing test of economist vehicles. this'll be our main location for cold weather been, and we are demonstrating that today, as well as winter driving conditions. sebastian: that is the bloomberg business flash. francine: thanks. onting to see what happens the political front before changing monetary policy. monitoring be follow from brexit and populism. former ecb director of operations, mr. francesco papadia, thanks for sticking around. they are t

mr. president-elect donald trump. good morning. >> good morning. >> last year when "time" chose angela merkel, you said time magazine will never pick me as person of the year. they proved you wrong. how do you feel about this? >> well, it's a great honor, it means a lot. especially me growing up reading "time" magazine. would have been lucky can enough to be on the cover many times this year and last year. but i consider this a very, very great honor. >> i'm interested to hear you say that. as nancy gibbs has said this year and in the past, the magazine has always been willing to say it was a person who influenced events for better or for worse. so just confirming, you see this as a compliment, not a condemnation. >> as an example, when with you say divided states of america. i didn't divide them. they're divided now. there's a lot of division. we're going to put it back together .we're going to have a country that's very well healed and we're going be a great economic force and we're going to build up our military and safety and we're going to do a lot of great things. it's going to be something very special. but to be on the cove

merkel still running germany? what do you think's going to happen to her? >> yes. well, i think she's caught at the moment, connell, between the right -- [inaudible] and the right under mrcourse, a stop to all immigration, and they're trying to get detention camps or transition camps they're called. and, of course, the left doesn't want to hear it. the right have already done a deal, germany'doing a deal with turkey to hold back and even take back some of the immigrants in return for money. connell: right. >> and they're trying to do that with nigeria and the left is not supporting it. so she's sort of caught in a cleft stick at the moment, and the germans are confused, disappointed and fearful, and a lot of germans are leaving germany as a result. coming to the election, the fact is it's a coalition that she heads, and she's much weaker than before. but there are no substantial alternative people available to take over who could forge a coalition. and so i think she will survive, although wounded and battered. connell: talking about one of the more recent stories, these migrants, 54,000 of them getting grants, money to return home. so that's basically paying these peop